tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672157747221539812.post5504918570630181234..comments2017-05-23T15:28:16.948-04:00Comments on Searching for Penelope Stout: The 1648 Slander TrialJim McFarlanenoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672157747221539812.post-35465050261360315462017-05-21T08:45:03.733-04:002017-05-21T08:45:03.733-04:00There is possibly a very simple answer for the use...There is possibly a very simple answer for the use of Prince as a name. In Dutch society, it was common for women to use their maiden name even though married. So she may have been married to Richard Stout, but was still referred to by her previous (but possibly not maiden) name.Kate Stouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11787830412834889481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672157747221539812.post-65408320532482027792016-08-21T21:58:59.562-04:002016-08-21T21:58:59.562-04:00In Paula Phillips&#39; novel, As Good as Dead: The...In Paula Phillips&#39; novel, As Good as Dead: The Penelope Stout Story, published in 2006, the story begins with Penelope Thomson recently married to Baron Kent Van Princis and enroute to New Amsterdam on the ship Kath. Remember it is a novel.Jim McFarlanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15200504718685860710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672157747221539812.post-44087680612830462502016-08-20T21:39:52.779-04:002016-08-20T21:39:52.779-04:00I am also a direct descendant of Penelope Stout an...I am also a direct descendant of Penelope Stout and I believe that in this account they would not put the Netherlands version of her surname, which is why everything else is Van Princis or Van Princes. I&#39;ve also seen that her father was a Baron, which means there would have been Van would make sense.AbsolRulesTheWorldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04056474653622109861noreply@blogger.com